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第四章 介词和介词短语精讲与精练
一.介词讲前练:用适当的介词填空。
Fathers Day occurs on the 3rd Sunday in June. The idea for creating a day [1]____________children to honor their fathers began in Spokane, Washington. A woman[2]_________the name of Sonora Smart Dodd thought[3] ______ the idea for Father's Day while listening to a Mother's Day sermon [4]______ 1909.
Having been raised [5]______ her father, Henry Jackson Smart, after her mother died, Sonora wanted her father to know how special he was [6]________her. It was her father that made all the parental sacrifices and was,[7] _______the eyes of his daughter, a courageous, selfless, and loving man. Sonora's father was born in June, so she chose to hold the first Father's Day celebration [8]______ Spokane, Washington [9]______the 19th of June, 1910.
In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge announced the third Sunday in June [10]______Father's Day. Roses are the Father's Day flowers.
Keys:1.for 2.with 3.of 4.in 5.by 6.to 7.in 8.in 9.on 10.as
2. 介词考点精讲
介词考点1、表时间的介词
1、for,from,since
1)for后接时间段,表行为或状态持续了多久;
2)from后接时间点,表示时间或状态的起始点,不涉及其持续时间的长短;
3)Since后接时间点,不仅表示时间或状态的起始点,而且还强调该行为或状态从起始点一直延续到说话的时刻,常与延续性动词的完成时态或完成进行时态连用。
考点对练1
(1) _______ then on she knew she would win.
(2) I lost my money and I have been worried __________ then.
(3) The meeting lasted ________ three hours yesterday.
(4) It is two years ___________ I graduated from high school.
【Keys:1.from 2.since 3.for 4.since】
2、 in,on,at
1)in①表示在某段较长的时间内(例如:星期、月份、年代、世纪或泛指的上午、下午和傍晚),如:in the 1980s, in October, in the morning/afternoon/evening;
②后接时间段,表示多少时间之后,如:in two weeks两周之后
2)on①表示具体某一天或具体的某一天的上午、下午或傍晚,如:on October the first, on
a rainy day, on a sunny morning, on the morning of January the third。
②on time 准时
3)at表示时刻,如at 12:00, at noon,at night, at dawn/daybreak(在黎明),at sunrise/sunset(在日出/日落),at dusk(在黄昏)
考点对练2
(1) He usually gets up _________ six o’clock.
(2) He watches sunset ___________ dusk.
(3) We went swimming _________ a hot afternoon.
(4) His elder brother was born _____